Posts tagged "ring"

Tutorial – Sweetheart Ring

Sweetheart Ring Level of Difficulty:  Intermediate This little ring is very economical in its use of wire, but what a pretty result! Its look is perfect for delicate fingers, but the pattern can be easily adjusted for larger ring sizes and stones. For those who have mastered the basics and are looking to move on...

YOJ10-10 Ring Week at the Studio

Copper Single Bead Rings (2010) Copper, iolite, smoky quartz, amazonite Constructed, cold-joined Various sizes It’s ring week here at the studio! For a long time, I’ve been wanting to develop an original method for constructing a single bead ring, so this week I spent some time playing around with a couple of ideas.  The one...

YOJ10-05 A New Home for Whoville

A New Home For Whoville (2010) Fine silver, copper, garnet Constructed, cold-joined Size 7 I’ve fallen behind with my YOJ postings due to a bout of creative block.  I keep picking up the wire and the pliers in an effort to make something, and end up with nothing but frustration and a pile of scrap. ...

YOJ09-28 Prong Set Ring

Prong Set Ring (2009) Sterling silver, cubic zirconium Size 7 Constructed, cold joined Life is crazy busy right now as I finish preparations for Haliburton.  So this week’s entry is a variation on Jorgen Greftegreff’s Prong Ring (published originally in the April 2001 issue of The Wire Artist Jeweller). The good news is that my...

YOJ09-23 Standard Form Ring (Again)

Standard Form Ring Sterling silver, jasper Constructed, cold connected Size 10 Yes I’m posting the same project as in Week 2.  At that point I had written the instructions for the tutorial, and the carnelian ring posted was the product of the writing process.   This time the ring is the product of the photography process. ...

YOJ09-20 Viking Knit Ring

Viking Knit Ring (2009) Fine silver, malachite, howlite Nalbinding, single knit, constructed, cold joined I finally got back to writing this week!  I have six tutorials to write in preparation for my class in Haliburton in July.  So far I have completed writing the draft on one of them.  Photos and actually putting the tutorials...

YOJ09-16 Beaded Channel Ring

Beaded Channel Ring (2009) Sterling silver, constructed, cold worked Size 5 1/2 My lack of energy is starting to concern me.  If this keeps up I’m going to haul my carcass off to the doctor and find out what’s going on. For now, another simple offering this week – a beaded channel ring.  The tutorial...

YOJ09-03 The Bird Ring

The Bird Ring (2009) Sterling silver, wool Needle-felted, constructed Size 7 Alright, I admit: this looks a bit odd, but trust me, it’s part of the process of figuring out if felting will work for a bonsai ring.  This week, I was needle-felting onto an armature.  I’m working with wool roving, which is very fiddly...

Found a freebie :-)

Does anyone besides me occasionally do a search for their own name on Google? (C’mon… admit it…LOL) Actually, I was doing it to check how many sites are linking to mine. In the process I stumbled across a link to my Beaded Channel Ring tutorial, published in Lark Books’ Contemporary Bead and Wire Jewelry. So,...

Tutorial – Micki Ring

Micki Ring This bold, geometric design was inspired by the work of Max Froehlich (1908-1997), a Swiss-born goldsmith who was part of the “Modern” school of jewellery design. With one change, it is possible to make two variations of this ring! In heavier gauges, it makes an appealing men’s ring! The ring is named after...

Tutorial – Illusion Prong Ring

Illusion Prong Ring This quick and simple ring creates an illusion prong setting for a 6 mm bead. A modified version of this project was published in “Contemporary Bead and Wire Jewelry” by Suzanne Tourtillott and Nathalie Mornu. 5 pages, 16 photos, 14 steps, plus design notes USD $5.00 Available now from my Tutorials Page....